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Sunday, 9 August 2015

What is Sexual Immorality?

Scripture:“Carefully determine what pleases the Lord.” Ephesians 5:10
God created sex to be a beautiful gift. In Genesis 2, God
says it was not good for man to be alone so God created the perfect
partner, a woman, so they could become one flesh. The chapter closes
with the statement, “they were both naked and felt no shame.” Sex
creates a unique relationship that involves physical, emotional and
mental unity and completion.
If sex is blessed by God, what makes it immoral?

Blessings Lost

When we forget God has authority to set limits, blessings are lost. “Yes,
they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him
thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like.
As a result, their minds became dark and confused.” (Romans 1:28).
Your phone works best when you use it the way it was designed. In the
same way, God designed sex to work a certain way. Rejecting His design
leads to darkness, confusion, secrecy, shame, and judgement.

Blessed Design

God used His infinite wisdom to design sex in the beginning. God does
not need to “evolve.” He does not change his mind based on our
opinions. Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation give a very clear
picture of the kind of sex that pleases God. “This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:24).
God approves of sex when it is between one man and one woman who have
made a lifelong commitment to marriage. Jesus confirmed this to be an
unchanging truth in Matthew 19.
Are you willing to trust God’s wisdom and love and follow his guidelines?

Blessing Restored

“He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and
transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves. We have redemption,
the forgiveness of sins, in Him.” (Colossians 1:13-14). We no longer have to sit in the darkness of shame and confusion. Jesus has made us children of light! (Ephesians 5:8-11)“You cannot say that our bodies were made for sexual
immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our
bodies...If we belong to Christ our body is not our own but a temple of
the Holy Spirit and therefore we should honor God with our body.” (1 Corinthians 6:13, 19-20). Obedience to God’s plan for sex is a choice we make when we want to please God, not ourselves (Colossians 3:1-17). God has given every Christian the Holy Spirit to teach us truth and empower us to obey it.